African-American Catholic Congregation
| African-American Catholic Congregation | |
|---|---|
Emblem of the AACC | |
| Abbreviation | AACC |
| Classification | Western Christian |
| Orientation | Independent Catholic |
| Scripture | Catholic Bible |
| Theology | |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Archbishop | George Augustus Stallings Jr. |
| Language | English |
| Liturgy | Zaire Use |
| Headquarters | Hillcrest Heights, Maryland |
| Founder | George Augustus Stallings Jr. |
| Origin | 1989 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Separated from | Catholic Church in the United States |
| Congregations | 7 (2000) |
The African-American Catholic Congregation (AACC) is an Independent Catholic church based in the United States. It was founded by Archbishop George Augustus Stallings—an Afrocentrist and former Catholic priest, in Washington, D.C. Stallings left the Catholic Church in 1989 and was officially excommunicated in 1990.
Formerly headquartered in Washington, D.C. at the Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation, in 2014, the mother church decided to relocate to nearby Prince George's County, Maryland; their current headquarters are located in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland. As of 2000, the African-American Catholic Congregation had 6 additional Imani Temples spread throughout Richmond, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; University City, Pennsylvania; New Orleans, Louisiana; Los Angeles, California; and Nigeria. In 1990, it had another Imani Temple in Norfolk, Virginia.